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Re: Discovery Labels...

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Subject: Re: Discovery Labels...
From: "Les Dickert" <lesdickert@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 04:19:34
And if all else fails, delete the node
and let NetView re-discover it.  Be sure
to delete the node from ALL maps, and
run ovtopofix after deleting it.

That should do it.

Les Dickert
Verisign Consulting



>From: "Leslie Clark" <lclark@us.ibm.com>
>Reply-To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
>To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
>Subject: Re: [NV-L] Discovery Labels...
>Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:52:44 -0500
>
>First, be clear on the fact that the sysName is not involved. Netview
>does not use the SNMP sysName in labeling or name resolution.
>HP Openview does, Netview does not. In V6, it does retreive that
>value for routers and store it as routerSysname, but only for use
>in connecting unnumbered interfaces.
>
>So that leaves your regular name resolution. The ip address is used
>if it cannot resolve the address to a name. You might try a demand
>poll to speed the update. Check that the resolution works both ways.
>And is it possible that it is timing out?
>
>Something else to try is ovtopofix. It is sometimes necessary to
>resolve inconsistencies. Try that first.
>
>Cordially,
>
>Leslie A. Clark
>IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
>Detroit
>
>
>"Washer, Bryan" <Bryan.Washer@2ndWaveinc.com>@tkg.com on 03/14/2001
>12:40:39 PM
>
>Please respond to IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
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>Et  All,
>
>   Can someone explain to me the process in which a node gets its label.  I
>have a few instances where a IP address is resolvable to a Host Name, the
>sysname is set in SNMP and still when the node gets discovered and
>populated  into the map it has the label of an IP address.
>
>Any  help would be appreciative.
>
>Thanks
>
>Bryan  Washer
>
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